Ryan Reeves Justin Minter
1. Describe your type of weather/natural disaster.
Each flash contains about one billion volts of electricity.
That's enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for three months.
Lighnting is a giant electrical spark in the sky.
Source:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/3.html
2. Describe a time when your type of weather/natural disaster changed the world.
In the United States alone, lightning sets 10,000 forest fires and causes $100 million in property damage every year.
Between 1940 and 1991, it killed 8,316 people in the U.S. Today the average number of lightning-related deaths in the U.S. is 80 a year.
Source:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/3.html
3. Identify and define some tools used to analyze or measure your type of weather/natural disaster.
Tempeature is measured 54,000 degrees fahrenheit.
1. Describe your type of weather/natural disaster.
Each flash contains about one billion volts of electricity.
That's enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for three months.
Lighnting is a giant electrical spark in the sky.
Source:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/3.html
2. Describe a time when your type of weather/natural disaster changed the world.
In the United States alone, lightning sets 10,000 forest fires and causes $100 million in property damage every year.
Between 1940 and 1991, it killed 8,316 people in the U.S. Today the average number of lightning-related deaths in the U.S. is 80 a year.
Source:http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/3.html
3. Identify and define some tools used to analyze or measure your type of weather/natural disaster.
Tempeature is measured 54,000 degrees fahrenheit.
Source:http://weatherwizkids.com/lightning1.htm